DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/07 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 23.7 - - 22.6 - - 18.9 - - 8.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 10 - - 51 - - -4 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 542 - - 988 - - 945 - - 44 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 918 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1431 - - 1877 - - 1834 - - 933 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 463 - - 495 - - 702 - - 231 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 73 - - 151 - - 44 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 011 - - 014 - - 022 - - 352 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -19 - - 19 - - -780 - - -946 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1450 - - 1858 - - 2614 - - 1879 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5759 - - -7906 - - -12110 - - -14242 ODpotential blCL - - - 7190 - - 9783 - - 13944 - - 15175 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 72 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 23.7 - - 22.6 - - 18.9 - - 8.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.0 - - 18.1 - - 11.1 - - 4.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.8 - - 22.4 - - 19.3 - - 12.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.7 - - 17.4 - - 10.3 - - 6.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 10 - - 51 - - -4 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 542 - - 988 - - 945 - - 44 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 100 - - 0 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96114 9 120 6 224 9 014 4 195 96114 88894 3 206 8 208 12 284 10 288 88894 83309 10 290 3 292 12 246 16 259 83309 78657 19 279 12 282 19 262 26 287 78657 74661 24 275 20 286 27 239 34 271 74661 71105 41 283 37 284 33 279 30 264 71105 67846 48 280 54 270 54 287 48 286 67846 64868 54 278 60 263 64 277 60 279 64868 62114 69 276 63 260 64 267 58 275 62114 59421 77 273 67 264 68 266 61 281 59421 56582 82 269 72 268 72 268 66 281 56582 53620 80 267 75 267 71 269 71 276 53620 50796 80 266 77 267 76 270 77 271 50796 48263 85 267 79 269 83 267 81 268 48263 45997 88 267 84 265 85 264 83 266 45997 43943 85 266 87 262 85 263 82 265 43943 42066 85 269 87 261 84 263 80 265 42066 40336 88 270 87 264 83 265 79 268 40336 38734 91 269 90 267 85 268 79 268 38734 37245 93 267 93 265 89 267 79 266 37245 35854 91 265 90 259 93 261 80 263 35854 34523 88 269 86 259 92 256 80 259 34523 33184 85 273 83 263 86 256 77 259 33184 31809 77 274 76 267 74 258 72 260 31809 30408 66 277 67 271 68 259 68 260 30408 28968 60 280 63 274 62 262 62 257 28968 27467 55 277 61 279 61 268 62 255 27467 25892 50 279 60 284 60 269 61 251 25892 24238 47 286 59 286 57 268 58 254 24238 22509 46 292 55 289 53 271 53 261 22509 20705 47 294 51 292 48 274 50 263 20705 18821 44 289 49 292 43 276 46 264 18821 16852 42 280 43 291 38 277 40 266 16852 14841 37 279 35 287 34 278 33 274 14841 12905 29 273 28 288 31 281 25 284 12905 11152 27 279 22 292 25 289 22 294 11152 9601 18 306 20 298 21 301 20 305 9601 8228 20 331 20 304 20 312 19 314 8228 7010 17 340 19 307 19 317 18 322 7010 5934 14 343 19 318 18 321 15 336 5934 4990 9 355 16 334 16 339 11 007 4990 4166 8 014 10 351 9 349 9 035 4166 3446 11 050 8 013 11 014 17 061 3446 2805 16 043 14 019 19 028 23 058 2805 2241 21 024 18*016 19*025 22 047 2241 1771 22*015 17*015 18*023 22 029 1771 1412 20*012 17 014 17 023 21 012 1412 1167 17 011 16 013 15 022 18 003 1167 1018 15 010 14 013 13 021 15 000 1018 933 11 010 11 012 10 021 6*352 933 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography